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I’m a legal alien

Image by Jose P Isern Comas via Flickr That was a significantly simpler process than I expected. The plan was to get up at 0600, deal with Oliver, make sure everything was in order so the packers could work without supervision for the day and get to the US embassy by 0745. A mixture of […]

Posted on 2008/10/31 by dominic in personal | Tagged moving, san francisco | Leave a comment

I have a couple of these around the place. They also support every language ever invented, including ones not invented yet! erik: This what I take to meetings. It includes a free “stylus” that doubles as an ink despensing input device.

Posted on 2008/10/30 by dominic in personal | Leave a comment

And she does it again

Me: Mirto, let me tell you about my super awesome idea for a novel that I’m going to write for NaNoWriMo that is both super and awesome! Mirto: Don’t tell me. I don’t want to know. Me: But… But… Mirto: If you tell me about it, you won’t be as excited about it, and then […]

Posted on 2008/10/30 by dominic in personal | Tagged conversation, mirto | Leave a comment

When the mover comes around

Today is the day that the last two weeks have built up to. The moving company is in and they’re packing up the house. They’ll finish packing today and then load everything into a container tomorrow, which means one night surrounded by boxes and then life in an empty house apart from a couple of […]

Posted on 2008/10/30 by dominic in personal | Tagged moving, packing | Leave a comment

and above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Roald Dahl (via betterlookalive)

Posted on 2008/10/30 by dominic in personal | Leave a comment

Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime I’ve adored this video since I first saw it on MTV. It was my first exposure to David Byrne and I’ve had a soft spot for his music since.

Posted on 2008/10/29 by dominic in personal | Leave a comment

What I need right now, is another project

I often have many things on the go. Most of the projects have the same life-cycle: I start incredibly enthusiastic, solve the main ‘problem’ involved in the project, and then get bored before completing it. I’ve tried recently to break this cycle and I keep telling myself that the reason I’m not finishing the One […]

Posted on 2008/10/28 by dominic in personal | Tagged NaNoWriMo | Leave a comment

Science is one cold-hearted bitch with a fourteen inch strap-on Vince Masuka Dexter season 3, episode “Turning Biminese”

Posted on 2008/10/27 by dominic in personal | Leave a comment

It’s really gone and begun now

Eight days to go until we fly out of here and into SFO. Today is the day things really kicked into gear. We get three opportunities to get our stuff from here to there: The luggage we carry, an air shipment with volume and weight limits, and a sea shipment with volume limits. They arrive, […]

Posted on 2008/10/27 by dominic in personal | Tagged moving, packing, san francisco | Leave a comment

8 days Sunset on the Golden Gate Bridge by Wiggum3

Posted on 2008/10/27 by dominic in personal | Tagged san francisco | Leave a comment